August 29 Saturday 1942
Pursuant to Chastaine’s instructions, we work this morning for an hour and a half cutting grass. Personally I don’t mind this work as it is… Read More »August 29 Saturday 1942
1942
August 28, 1942
Quezon gave a luncheon in his rooms for “Chick” Parsons, the first person to leave the Philippines and return to the United States whom we have… Read More »August 28, 1942
August 28 Friday 1942
A quiet day. Rains still in abundance. Rumors are persistent that Davao has been bombed. Also a rumor is circulating that the Nips are going… Read More »August 28 Friday 1942
August 28, 1942
The latest news from Camp O’Donnell reported the death toll of some 30,000 prisoners to this date. This is the most stupid and criminal monstrosity… Read More »August 28, 1942
August 27, 1942
Since my release as a POW last Aug 10, I’ve appreciated my freedom and Jap benevolence, the only tangible among numerous rhetorics. Our people can… Read More »August 27, 1942
August 27 Thursday 1942
Most of our organized work this morning was on the club house. The porch is completed now. An enlisted detail put the roof on this… Read More »August 27 Thursday 1942
August 26, 1942
At lunch. Quezon opened by declaring that he was the happiest man in the world today. He had received the best news since leaving the… Read More »August 26, 1942
August 26 Wednesday 1942
Today in general was a depressing day due to heavy rains. I concentrated on studying the “Jesuit Code of Liberal Education” and “The new Deal”… Read More »August 26 Wednesday 1942
August 25, 1942
The Japanese are raking in more and more wealth, and the poor Chinese, next to the nationals of enemy countries, are the major victims. They… Read More »August 25, 1942